tempt

verb

/tempt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they tempt	/tempt/ /tempt/
he / she / it tempts	/tempts/ /tempts/
past simple tempted	/ˈtemptɪd/ /ˈtemptɪd/
past participle tempted	/ˈtemptɪd/ /ˈtemptɪd/
-ing form tempting	/ˈtemptɪŋ/ /ˈtemptɪŋ/

Idioms

to attract somebody or make somebody want to do or have something, even if they know it is wrong引诱；诱惑
- tempt somebody I was tempted by the dessert menu.甜点菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
- Don't tempt thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible.别把贵重物品放在显眼处招贼。
- tempt somebody into (doing) something He was tempted into a life of crime.他禁不住诱惑，过上了犯罪生活。
- tempt somebody to do something I was tempted to take the day off.我动了心，想那一天休假。
Extra Examples
- Did you ever feel tempted to cheat?你是否动过心想要作弊？
- I was almost tempted to strip off and plunge straight into the pool.我几乎禁不住要脱掉衣服直接跳进游泳池里。
- She was sorely tempted to tell him what she really thought.她很想告诉他她的真实想法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + tempt
- could
- may
- might
- …
preposition
- into
- with
phrases
- be almost tempted
- be half tempted
- be tempted
- …
to persuade or try to persuade somebody to do something that you want them to do, for example by offering them something劝诱；鼓动；怂恿；利诱
- tempt somebody (into something/into doing something) How can we tempt young people into engineering?我们怎么才能吸引年轻人学习工程学呢？
- tempt somebody to do something Nothing would tempt me to live here.什么也吸引不了我到这里居住。
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + tempt
- could
- may
- might
- …
preposition
- into
- with
phrases
- be almost tempted
- be half tempted
- be tempted
- …

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tempter ‘to test’, from Latin temptare ‘handle, test, try’.

Idioms

tempt fate/providence

to do something too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end玩命；冒险；鲁莽
- She felt it would be tempting fate to try the difficult climb a second time.她觉得再次尝试这种高难度的攀岩就如同玩儿命了。
- It would be tempting fate to say that we will definitely win the game.要说我们肯定会赢得这场比赛，还真有点儿冒险。